Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin

Guest: Rae Katherine Eighmey, Author, “Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin: A Founding Father's Culinary Adventures” You may know Founding Father Benjamin Franklin as the American ambassador who wore a fur cap to the French court, or as the inventor who played around with kites in lightning storms. But he also took his curiosity into the kitchen. Cookbook author and food historian Rae Katherine Eighmey has just published a cookbook and biography of Benjamin Franklin’s life that opens up a window into his world.